Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 522 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 80.7 79% 87.9 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 83 Splatting 73.8 69% 85.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 591GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 363GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 80 8.2 6.3 32 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 308 Write 160 Mixed 101 SusWrite 53.3 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 23.4 80% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 124 109% 167 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 131%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 828GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 82 9 7.2 32 95 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.5% Above average	Read 420 Write 291 Mixed 105 SusWrite 55.1 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 27.9 90% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 158 142% 221 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 593GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 360 382 401 399 397 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 408 Write 370 Mixed 310 SusWrite 378 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 29 108% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 280 226% 320 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 756GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 72 20 29 39 112 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.5% Very poor	Read 281 Write 88.5 Mixed 105 SusWrite 64.9 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 1.2 12% 4.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 8.7 10% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 20 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 86%

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,288x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	385x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	170x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	107x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $748

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